![The Wayland Police Department have issued a warning on the rise of scammers during the holiday season. “Hang up [the phone]. if you get a text and you do not know who it's from, just delete it. Don't click on any links, nothing,” Wayland police chief Edward Burman said. “Every single one of them is a scam.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0954_720-e1734676255647.jpg)
![WHS’s Connect Program ran its annual holiday gift drive to fulfill the wishlist of children enrolled in the Dorchester based non-profit daycare organization, the Yawkey Center. This drive brought the town together and impacted both the students in Connect, as well as the greater Wayland community. “You could see how helpful the town was and how our community came together and wanted to help out a community that wasn't our own [and] kids who were less fortunate than we were,” senior and Connect Program member Jordynn Lee said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot_2024-12-20_at_12.21.24___pm_720-e1734734228474.png)
![The Boy Scouts will be selling trees on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays noon to 6 p.m. until they sell out.
“This event is one of the things that [the Boy Scouts] get to have a direct impact on the community,” freshman Alex Macleod said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-8.38.38 AM.png)
News Brief: Wayland implements mask recommendation
Credit: Taylor McGuire
Wayland Public Schools Superintendent Omar Easy instates a mask recommendation from Jan. 3, to Jan. 9.
January 3, 2023
On Sunday, Jan. 1, Superintendent Omar Easy sent an email to the Wayland Public Schools community issuing a mask recommendation from Jan. 3, to Jan. 9. This comes after the rise of COVID-19 cases as well as the flu and RSV, which caused a high number of students and staff to be absent the week before break.
Easy also reminded families of the COVID-19 test kits WPS sent home before break and urged students to test before returning to school. In addition, test kits and masks with both be available to community members, for free, at the Wayland Public Safety Building and the Town Building.
“In addition to this recommendation, we will be employing additional mitigation strategies when possible over the next few weeks to reduce the spread of viruses in our buildings,” Easy said. “Administration reserves the right to implement additional requirements as necessary, especially at schools where staffing is particularly strained. We will consider whether to extend this recommendation in the second week of January based on absence levels.”
